Midterm Flashcards

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Witsful

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Characterized by melancholy or sadness, longing or yearning

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Superfluous

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More than is sufficient or required, excessive

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Somber

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Gloomy dark, dismal, deppressigg, grave or serious

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Stolid

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Not easily stirred or metally moved

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Audible

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Capable if being heard

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Despond

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To be depressed by lose hope

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Rebuke

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To express sharp stern disapproval

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Sallow

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Of a sickly yellowish color

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Genial

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Warmly and pleasantly cheerful, cordial

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Pallor

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Unusual or extreme paleness as from fear , ill health or death

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Subtle

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Fine of delicate in meaning or intent

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Austere

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Strict and uncompromising

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Torpid

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Inactive or sluggish

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Lurid

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Gruesome, horrible, revolting

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Articulate

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Expressed, formulated or present with clarity and effectiveness

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Abject

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A state of pain distress grief or misery

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Abyss

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A deep immeasurable space, gulf or cavity

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Portent

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An indication or omen of something momentous about to happen

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Perplex

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Engaged in, involving or reflecting deep or serious thoughts

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Vex

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To irritate or annoy